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| TIGER: HABITATS, LIFE CYCLES, FOOD CHAINS, THREATS |
| By Valmik Thapar |
| Published by Wayland Publishers Limited, produced
in association with WWF-UK, 1999 |
| Paperback Price: £5.99 |
 Valmik
Thapar, one of the world's leading tiger experts, writes on Tigers
in the Natural World series especially for children. Learn all you
can about the tiger, how the tigress teaches her cubs to stalk, kill
and eat their prey, how cubs play, grow up and leave home to find
their own territories in the forest. There is a discussion on the
threats facing tigers in India and all over the world and the steps
that can be taken to protect them. The information is presented in
small, easily imbibed doses with a profusion of photographs, ideal
for a young child to read and understand or even as bedtime reading
for your toddler. Here's where you can join the tiger as it takes
you through the forests of India. |
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| TIGER ON A TREE |
Illustrated by Pulak Biswas, text by Anushka
Ravishankar
Published by Tara Publishing, 1997
Paperback; Price: Rs. 70/- |
 Tiger,
tiger on a tree
Is it true?
Can it be?
Did he flee?
Did he fall
and break his knee?
Did he cry?
Did he plead?
If you want to know,
Read.
Where thoughts flow through rhyme and song and art, here is book that
tells a story that will touch you and your child. The book contains
award-winning illustrations, symbolising the tiger's relationship
with humans and with its forest home. A child would be delighted with
its pure aesthetic value and simple story, while older readers will
be drawn to the five-senses experience that the book inspires. |
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| Site Reviews |
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| www.5tigers.org |
This website is a must for anyone who wants
to know more about the tiger. Even beginners will find it extremely
easy to find information here. The site enables access to vital, contemporary
data about tigers and their habitats. The creators say that the website
"was created to provide the public a scientific and conservation
forum, with an interactive forum for exchanging information relevant
to the preservation of wild tigers across Asia and in zoos world-wide."
For more information contact:
A. Alden:a-alden@mtn.org
Janet Tilson: j-tilson@mtn.org |
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| http://www.wii.gov.in |
The Wildlife Institute of India was set up
in 1982 in Dehradun to train government and non-government personnel
to carry out research, and advise the government about conservation
and management of wildlife resources. WII research projects are being
conducted across the length and breadth of the country and are the
primary sources of scientific information to help conservation. This
site is a good way to keep abreast of the latest in wildlife conservation.
With access to papers and articles, it is a particularly useful site
to find out about the various training courses and wildlife management
and conservation programmes conducted by the Institute.
E-mail:wii@wii.gov.in |
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| Film Reviews |
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| PROJECT TIGER FILMS |
Sanctuary has produced a series of films, one
of which was made specifically for children. We also have wildlife
footage available on
Project Tiger. These films have been shot on location in our Tiger
Reserves and have been narrated by some of the most popular film stars
in India. These were produced with the full support of the Ministry
of Environment and Forests and have gone a long way in highlighting
the work put in by the Government of India's Project Tiger. |
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| THE BEGINNING |
This film deals with the factors that led to
the degradation of habitats and the hunting pressures that almost
caused the tiger to become extinct. Shots from different reserves
have been included to give an overview of the entire country and its
environmental status.
Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah |
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| KANHA TIGER RESERVE |
The film shows how good management, and protection
for Project Tiger has saved the barasingha from almost certain extinction.
The film points out that in the name of the tiger, other animals and
the forest itself benefits.
Narrator: Pankaj Kapur |
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| RANTHAMBHORE TIGER RESERVE |
Some of the finest tiger footage ever to be
shot in the world is included in this film which deals with the intimate
connection between the tiger, its habitat and all the other animals
in its domain.
Narrator: Pran |
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| BANDIPUR TIGER RESERVE |
The critical role of this Reserve in protection
of forests within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve has been highlighted
and also the vital role that Project Tiger has played in saving the
Asiatic elephant. The film deals with the management of Tiger Reserves
and makes a plea for the creation of corridors to ensure the health
and long-term survival of wilderness.
Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah |
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| MELGHAT TIGER RESERVE |
One of India's best dry, deciduous jungles,
Melghat is home to gaur, wild dogs and barking deer. Threats to these
jungles come from commercial exploitation of its timber and from the
very real threat of drought, since much of the habitat outside Melghat
has been devastated.
Narrator: Pankaj Kapur |
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| PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE |
: Known as one of the last strongholds of the
Asiatic elephant, this Reserve is surrounded by dense human habitation.
Yet the jungle thrives, and its wildlife affords some of the most
intimate observation opportunities available anywhere on the sub-continent.
Narrator: Shashi Kapoor |
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| CORBETT TIGER RESERVE |
Known as the land of roar and trumpet, these
jungles are enlivened by elephants and tiger families which have been
closely studied. Named after the famed hunter-conservationst Jim Corbett,
or `Carpet Sahib' by the locals, this was India's very first Tiger
Reserve.
Narrator: Om Puri |
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| NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVE |
Tucked away in the north-east, this is one
of the most remote wilderness areas in the world. Its rivers and rainforests
house rare primates, including the hoolock gibbon and the remarkable
slow loris.
Narrator: Sharmila Tagore |
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| SIMLIPAL TIGER RESERVE |
: Little-known animals like the pangolin and
the hyaena live cheek-by-jowl with the magnificent tiger. These forests
are perhaps the finest examples of mixed deciduous habitats surviving
in India. The rivers of Simlipal are stocked with fish which in turn
help feed the mugger. Wetlands and marshes are fed by flowing falls
and provide micro-habitats for countless aquatic organisms. This is
a truly balanced ecosystem.
Narrator: Nutan |
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| SUNDARBANS TIGER RESERVE |
This is the land where sea and river meet to
produce the world's largest stretch of mangroves. Here mudskippers
and hermit crabs share the bounty of their productive land with the
greatest concentration of tigers on Earth. The tigers of the Sunderbans
have unjustifiably been maligned as `man-eaters'. Though such incidents
do take place, the tigers are master predators that rely upon a diet
of chital, monkeys, wild boar and even fish!
Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah |
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| SARISKA TIGER RESERVE |
Once the hunting preserve of the maharajas
of yesteryear, this Tiger Reserve is now one of the finest jungles
from which to observe wild animals, thanks to well-designed hides
and observation towers. Perhaps the only evidence of wild dogs to
be captured on cine film is shown.
Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah |
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| MANAS & BUXA TIGER RESERVES |
The foothills of the Himalaya are home of one
of the most beautiful monkeys in the world - the golden langur. By
declaring Buxa as a Tiger Reserve, the government has helped create
a corridor of protection which will benefit a great number of endangered
animals such as the hispid hare and the pygmy hog.
Narrator: Sharmila Tagore |
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| NAGARJUNASAGAR-SRISAILAM TIGER RESERVE |
This is the largest Tiger Reserve in India.
Project Tiger authorities have an uphill task ahead of them, as this
jungle is ringed by a huge population of cattle and man-animal conflicts
are common. Nevertheless this magnificent jungle is already showing
signs of renewal, proving the essential premise made by Project Tiger
- protect the habitat, the animals will look after themselves.
Narrator: Pankaj Kapur |
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| INDRAVATI TIGER RESERVE |
This jungle is among the most famous wilderness
areas in the world on account of its human inhabitants - the Gond
tribals. The film shows their simple lifestyle and their dependence
upon the mighty, benevolent Indravati river. There are plans afoot
to dam this river, but will the jungle survive such trauma?
Narrator: Shabana Azmi |
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| PALAMAU TIGER RESERVE |
Once the seat of the famed Chero Rajas, Palamau's
history is still visible in the form of its mighty forts, standing
on the banks of the Koel and Auranga rivers of Chotanagpur. Man-animal
conflicts are a major problem and pose Project Tiger with one of its
greatest challenges.
Narrator: Nutan |
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| THE TIGER |
The last of the series of 16 films, 'The Tiger'
is dedicated to the animal for whose protection the Project was started.
We follow the fortunes of one particular family of tigers in Ranthambhore.
Their hunting techniques, their bringing up of young and the interrelationships
between different tigers in a limited habitat have been highlighted.
Narrator: Naseeruddin Shah |
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